Punjab Province
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Nine killed as heavy rains lash Pakistan's Punjab province, three in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
World | Jul 06, 2023, 09:49 AM ISTThe heavy rains lashing Pakistan's Punjab have reportedly broken a 30-year-old record, according to the province's Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA). The Met Department has warned of deadlier spells of rainfall.
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Pakistan: At least 11 die during free 'flour' distribution in Punjab province
World | Mar 30, 2023, 06:17 AM ISTPakistan debt crisis: The scheme aims to counter the rising popularity of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
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Imran Khan's assassination bid: Police in Pakistan's Punjab province finally register FIR
World | Nov 08, 2022, 12:57 PM ISTImran Khan's assassination bid: The delay in getting a case registered in Punjab province, which has PTI at the helm, has raised eyebrows.
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Pakistan: 200 decayed bodies found on hospital roof in Multan
World | Oct 15, 2022, 07:08 AM ISTPakistan: Videos circulating on social media on Friday showed several bodies dumped on the roof in a bad condition, sparking rumours that the bodies were kept on the roof to be used as fodder for eagles and vultures.
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Pakistan: 20 burnt alive following deadly collision between bus, oil tanker in Punjab province
World | Aug 16, 2022, 09:57 AM ISTPakistan: Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in the accident and directed the health authorities concerned to provide better treatment to the injured.
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Pakistan's Punjab imposes 'emergency' due to rising cases of rape, sexual abuse
World | Jun 22, 2022, 11:49 AM ISTPakistan has been suffering and battling a gender violence epidemic and violence against women cuts across classes in the country.
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Pakistan: Multiple explosions heard in Sialkot's cantonment area
World | Mar 20, 2022, 02:05 PM ISTReports say that it was an ammunition storage area where the explosions took place following which a massive fire broke out.
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Pakistani man sentenced to death in blasphemy case
World | Feb 23, 2022, 05:02 PM ISTAbbas was arrested by the Factory Area police in Faisalabad, 180 km from provincial capital Lahore, in June 2020 after a complaint was lodged against him for allegedly insulting the Prophet and his companions.
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Pakistan: Mob hangs man to tree, beats him to death for desecration in Punjab province
World | Feb 13, 2022, 12:52 PM ISTSaturday's incident took place in Jungle Dera village where hundreds of locals gathered after Maghrib prayers following annoucements that a man had torn some pages of the Holy Quran and later set them on fire.
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Pakistan authorities arrest 3 JuD members on charges of terror financing in Punjab province
World | May 31, 2019, 08:53 AM ISTThe Imran Khan-led government has also announced the freezing of accounts and seizure of assets linked to organisations banned by the UN Security Council.
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Inhuman! Pakistani man drowns his minor daughter in lure of govt compensation
World | Aug 19, 2016, 12:58 PM ISTIn a horrific incident reported in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a man allegedly drowned his four-year-old daughter into a canal and lodged a false complaint that his daughter was kidnapped. According to police, the man,
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Pak woman paraded with blackened face, shaved head for eloping
World | Jun 19, 2016, 04:59 PM ISTLahore: A 23-year-old woman was paraded in her village streets with blackened face and shaved off head by her family members for allegedly eloping with a man, the latest in a series of ‘honour’ related
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JeM constructing massive new madrassa in Pak’s Punjab: report
World | Apr 25, 2016, 11:47 PM ISTIslamabad: Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group is constructing a massive new madrassa, spread over about 10 acres outside garrison city of Bahawalpur in Pakistan’s Punjab province, extending its reach in the country despite a ban by the
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Pak launches military crackdown in Punjab after Lahore blast
World | Mar 28, 2016, 07:15 PM ISTPakistan on Monday launched a massive military operation in Punjab province in the wake of the deadly Taliban suicide bombing in Lahore, conducting raids and making several arrests
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Pakistan Air Force jet crash kills woman pilot
World | Nov 24, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTLahore: A female pilot of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was killed today when a trainer fighter jet crashed in Punjab province, becoming the first woman fighter pilot to be killed in air crash in the
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RAW tried to sabotage Zimbabwe cricket team's Pak tour: Minister
World | Jun 24, 2015, 06:41 AM ISTKarachi: The Home Minister of Punjab province in Pakistan, Col. (R) Shuja Khanzada on Wednesday alleged that Indian spy and intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), tried to sabotage Zimbabwe cricket team's Pakistan tour
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3 children die in a 'toy bomb' blast in Pakistan
World | Nov 05, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTLahore: Three children were killed today and another injured when a “toy bomb” exploded in a village bordering India in Pakistan's Punjab province. There were conflicting reports about the explosion in Tughalpura village in Narowal
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Boat capsizes in flood-hit Pakistan's Punjab province, 18 people killed
World | Sep 15, 2014, 07:54 AM ISTLahore: Severe flooding overturned a boat carrying a marriage party in Pakistan's Punjab province leaving at least 18 dead, including the bridegroom, even as swelling waters continued to wreak havoc in the country affecting over
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Pakistan facing internal, external challenges: Sharif
World | Nov 04, 2013, 06:43 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the country is facing internal and external challenges and termed the US drone attacks as counterproductive, Geo News reported.Addressing participants at Pakistan Army exercises being held
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Pak passport of Jundal shows him as a resident of Punjab province
India | Jul 03, 2012, 09:28 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 3: The Pakistani passport of LeT terrorist Syed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, has shown him as a resident of Sheikhpura in Pakistan's Punjab province.The passport, which was issued in the name